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SUMMARY:Constantijn-Alexander Kusters
DESCRIPTION:Time and Emergence: Towards a narrative inspired understanding of temporal semiosis\n[Slides from the presentation] \nWhat is the nature of time? Since the Einstein-Bergson debate this question has often been divided into two camps. One camp approaching space-time in a point-like manner in terms of mathematics and/or physics\, and a second camp favouring an anthropocentric phenomenological approach which understands this experienced temporality as irreducible to the ontological universality of Einstein’s space-time. In contrast\, this paper brings these two camps closer together by showing how temporality should be understood as an emergent phenomenon in the context of teleodynamic organization. This third approach leaves open a variety of roles time can play in different forms of dynamic organisation\, providing a more comprehensive understanding of its role in semiotic dynamics. Biosemiotically\, this also accounts for and affords time’s experience according to diverse Umwelten. \nTerrence Deacon’s model of autogenesis is shown to follow the same minimal logic of narrative exemplified by Claude Bremond’s structuralist writings on minimal narrative logic (Bremond 1980). By subsequently comparing Paul Ricœur’s narrative extension of hermeneutic temporality (Ricœur 2008) with how “inside and outside” are divided through individuating processes found in Deacon’s simplest model of teleodynamics\, the autogen model (Deacon 2013)\, is set out to understand temporality in this minimal form. Specifically\, Ricœur’s embracing of what he calls the aporetic nature of time is taken up\, which in part can be understood as the incommensurability of cosmic time (“universal” time i.e.\, the regular movement of celestial bodies) and phenomenological time (lived experience of time). By subsequently unstably “resolving” these two times in a continuous mimetic narrativization\, Ricœur’s narrative temporality reveals itself in congruence with the emergence of teleodynamics. We find similarly in teleodynamics that the difference between “inside and outside\,” while never “resolved\,” is mimetically mediated in (not) realizing the purpose expressed in the direction of teleodynamic organization. \nIt is then necessary to consider the threefold aspects of time in this context; (1) time “inside” which deals with change in terms of internal autocatalytic reactions necessary for autogenesis\, (2) time “outside” which is the change in context of the autogen’s environment\, and (3) in the process where “inside” and “outside” come together as mediated through attaining the purpose of its own self-replication. Neither (1)\, (2)\, or (3)\, can therefore be taken by themselves\, nor can they be reduced to a mere point in time as they all have a duration which influences the eventual success (or failure) of the self-replication. Insofar that more or less time is spent in relation to each could influences the outcome of self-replication\, a shift to a kind of temporal “thickness” is required capable of dealing with time in terms of meaning-making. This is “thickness” to the extent that it is the duration of time spent autocatalyzing (1)\, the duration of being in a contextually changing environment (2)\, and the duration of the process of self-replication (3) which influence the successfulness of attaining the continuation of this proto-evolutionary line. This extends work in biohermeneutics which till now had limited exposure to narrative temporality\, some exceptions being the work of Arran Gare and Anton Markoš. Introducing a narrative model of time to the emergence of semiotic dynamism capable of supporting meaningful time differentiation. \nReferences \nBremond\, C. (1980). The Logic of Narrative Possibilities. New Literary History\, 11(3)\, 387. \nDeacon\, T. W. (2013). Incomplete nature: how mind emerged from matter (1. paperback ed.). New York London: W.W. Norton. \nRicœur\, P. (2008). Time and narrative. Vol. 3. (K. McLaughlin\, Trans.) (Repr.\, Vol. 3). Chicago\, III.: Univ. of Chicago Press.
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SUMMARY:Coffee break
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SUMMARY:Brian Khumalo and Rick Stepp
DESCRIPTION:Refining how the term ‘Icon’ is conceived as a Step towards Nomothetic Descriptions of Behavioral-Ecological Events\nThe term icon is ubiquitous. For example\, in linguistics iconicity is conceived as the relationship between speech acts and meaning whereas in semiotics broadly\, iconicity is conceived as a grounded relationship between an icon and its referent. While these examples may be easier to reconcile than not\, fresh confusion has been introduced by Hoffman\, Manish\, and Chetan’s (2015) ‘Interface Theory of Perception’ (ITP) within perceptual science. The ITP also invokes icons as a foundational component. But are Hoffman and et al.’s ‘icons’ the same as semiotic ‘icons’? If not\, can these two definitions of ‘icon’ be reconciled? Taking their cue from von Uexküll\, the ITP posits that all biological organisms interact with the world via a species-specific user interface similar to a computer. The ITP builds on a theoretical assumption that perception did not evolve to represent reality as it is\, but rather to represent reality as it is useful to an organism thus maximizing fitness function. Consequently\, perceptual structures simplify reality to order and discriminate information and quell choice paralysis. Continuing with the computer analogy\, the ITP proposes that what organisms see as external objects are no different from computer icons. Icons in this way hide the complexity of a computer’s hardware and software and provide users units of interaction that are functional. Following Deely’s view that icons represent the first contact between sense perceptions and reality that generate initial qualitative experiences\, and Hoffmeyer’s description of iconic and indexical scaffolding\, we hope to show that the ITP icon and semiotic icon are one and the same. Providing some conceptual clarity for the term icon is important to minimize confusion amongst interested scholars. While potentially enriching\, a plurality of understanding can create challenges for interdisciplinary collaboration where the same analytical terms may be invoked with reference to a problem or event\, but understood differently by the parties involved. \n  \nReferences \nHoffmeyer\, J. (2015). Introduction: semiotic scaffolding. Biosemiotics\, 8(2)\, 153-158. \nHoffman\, D.D.\, Singh\, M. and Prakash\, C. (2015). The interface theory of perception. Psychonomic bulletin & review\, 22(6)\, pp.1480-1506. \nLockwood\, G. and Dingemanse\, M. (2015). Iconicity in the lab: A review of behavioral\, developmental\, and neuroimaging research into sound-symbolism. Frontiers in Psychology\, 6\, p.1246.
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SUMMARY:Silver Rattasepp
DESCRIPTION:The Ontological Primacy of Umwelt\nIndividuation – the genesis of individual entities – is generally presumed to begin with the ontology of already constituted individuals. Thus claims Gilbert Simondon. Rather than describing the appearance of individual beings from something pre-individual\, the analysis of the appearance of concrete entities usually concerns itself with the appearance of composites\, in which ontological privilege is given to the already constituted individuals. Is this the case with Umwelt theory as well? A straightforward conception of umwelts would treat them as a composites of organism and environment\, and the emphasis is then on their mutual co-constitution through functional cycles. But does this not already assume the pre-constitution of both environments and organisms? If so\, another question could be asked: what is the origin and genesis of organisms and environments which are now\, as if after the fact\, to be indivisibly united once again by means of functional cycles? In an admittedly speculative vein\, and with the help of a certain resonance between the concepts of transaction\, individuation and schismogenesis\, the presentation attempts to propose that rather than organisms and environments\, it is the umwelt which is ontologically primary\, and that it is the internal division\, separation and individuation within umwelts which gives rise to the appearance of organisms together with their environments.
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SUMMARY:Donald Favareau
DESCRIPTION:An Evening with Jesper Hoffmeyer\n  \nIn this half-hour video presentation\, Jesper Hoffmeyer recounts his early days as a “positivist” biochemist\, his involvement with the radical student movement in Denmark and Paris in 1968\, and how he came to help initiate the current project of biosemiotics – as well as how he sees the future development of the field. \nRecorded on August 17\, 2016\, this interview would turn out to be the last one he would ever give before the advent of the stroke that would from that time forward impair his speaking capabilities\, but not his endlessly active and creative mind. \nWe are delighted to be able to share excerpts from this fascinating two-hour interview at this commemorative Gatherings in his honour\, and to have Jesper with us once again share his warmth and wisdom in his own inimitable voice and fashion. The showing of the video will be followed by a short Q&A with the filmmaker\, and a panel discussion with some of Jesper’s colleagues from the early days of biosemiotics
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SUMMARY:Jesper Hoffmeyer Memorial Celebration Day
DESCRIPTION:In 2019\, shortly after the death of our dear friend and colleague\, Jesper Hoffmeyer\, a number of us began making plans for a Memorial Conference in his honour to take place the following spring at the University of Copenhagen. The arrival of the COVID pandemic in March of that year put an end to that plan\, as international travel was shut down for many countries until late last year. \nThis year\, to our great delight\, we members of the International Society for Biosemiotics Studies were granted permission to hold our 23rd Annual Gatherings in Biosemiotics in the exact same room where we held our very first Gatherings in 2001. \n“Biosemiotics has no beginning” Kalevi Kull reminds us often\, but like all organic processes\, one can trace major inflection points in its development\, with the publication of Jesper Hoffmeyer’s English language edition of Signs of Meaning in the Universe in 1996\, certainly qualifying as one of them\, and the first annual Gatherings in Biosemiotics\, organized by Jesper\, Kalevi and Claus Emmeche and held right here where we meet again this year\, qualifying as another one. \nIt is fitting\, then that we devote the last day of our conference to the man who\, through his writings\, allowed so many of us to find each other as intellectual kindred spirits\, and to build together this uniquely far-seeing community of scholars and friends. And yet\, as his colleagues once wrote of Jesper’s often ambivalent feelings towards academia: “Notwithstanding these activities\, a whole life devoted completely to teaching\, writing and scholarship would seem like a desert to him” (2002:43). \nAccordingly\, on the last day of our Gathering\, academic colleagues\, family\, and friends come together (both live and via video) to celebrate the life and legacy of Jesper Hoffmeyer\, not just as the renowned scholar and public intellectual that he was\, but also the many non-academic aspects of this remarkable man – as a friend\, family member\, schoolmate\, saxophonist\, newspaper columnist\, artistic inspiration\, jazz fan\, 1960s commune co-habitant\, and so much more. \nJesper touched the lives of many\, leaving behind a legacy that extends far beyond his pioneering research. On Friday\, August 4\, 2023\, we will gather to celebrate with beer and laughter this brilliant and convivial man. \n  \nReferences \nEmmeche\, C.\, K. Kull\, & Stjernfelt\, F. (2022). On biography. In C. Emmeche\, K. Kull & Stjernfelt\, F. (Eds.)\, Reading Hoffmeyer\, Rethinking Biology (pp. 35-44). Tartu: Tartu University Press. \nHoffmeyer\, J. (1996). Signs of Meaning in the Universe. Bloomington. Indiana University Press.
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